Loved the IPL journey this year, says Virat Kohli

For once, editors in newsrooms would have considered renaming their site's Indian Premier League page as Virat Kohli special. Such was the dominance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper who topped batting charts and smashed numerous records. (Also read:

For once, editors in newsrooms would have considered renaming their site's Indian Premier League page as Virat Kohli special. Such was the dominance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper who topped batting charts and smashed numerous records. (Also read: Did Gautam Gambhir just call Virat Kohli a bad guy?)

Despite his team finishing second best, Kohli was the talking point all through the season and even on the day after the big night. 'LOVED THE JOURNEY'

Kohli fell just 27 runs short of a record 1000-run mark in IPL 2016. The run-machine carried his glorious T20 international form into IPL and smoked a record-shattering four centuries. He joined forces with his teammate AB de Villiers to inject positivity into the minds of the mid-season strugglers. He scored big runs match after match as RCB won seven of their last nine games to play the big final in front of their home crowd yesterday. (Watch! Yuvraj Singh celebrates with Hazel Keech after Sunrisers Hyderabad lift maiden IPL title)

Kohli took to Twitter to express his satisfaction of being the star performer in this season. "Loved the IPL journey this year," he wrote.

Notably, it was full-houses wherever Kohli and his team travelled during the season. IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla heaped praise on Kohli saying he was the crowd-puller in season nine. At their home ground, the sight of a sea of red chanting 'Aarr..Cccee..Bbee' would have instilled fear in the minds of the oppositions.

The Orange Cap winner also congratulated the new champions Sunrisers.

Thank you to all the fans who have cheered for us & supported us always.I am indebted to your love. Thank You Bengaluru #RCBForever (2/2)